Capt Matt, I went from " just getting some worms to help eat my large leaf mulch pile", to."honey we don't need that extra garbage can do we?" Great videos, thanks for all the knowledge.

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

So funny how it happens, right? You're welcome... looking forward to hearing of your success!

It's great that you have a method and feeding formula that works well for your worms. Many of the things that you grind, I also include in my chow in the very unusual event that I didn't freeze enough food during the summer to carry me over through the winter. When I got into worms in 1986, it was to get rid of my organic consumable trash in a way other than throwing it in the garbage. Way ahead of the times where everyone is now concerned about the environment, I was 35 years ago. From that time till now, my worms, which are plentiful, are raised on kitchen scraps and garden extras. If I run out of room in the freezer then I use my dehydrator and powder the vegetables which decreases the volume by 90% in size and only requires a soak in water to rehydrate. Please be careful with the chicken crumbles, many of them are medicated which is really bad for the worms and of course you mentioned you use non-GMO corn that's a really good choice. However, I do encourage you to use as much of your kitchen / household waste as possible. Every type of food scrap and paper product can go in. A strong worm colony can have things such as citrus without any issues. There's very little, even chicken bones, that the worms can't eat. Between curbside recycling and diverting anything biodegradable to the worms, I generate about one trash bag a month. I certainly don't want to be spending My very limited food budget money on buying lentils and corn for my worms when I have dozens of pounds of tomatoes at the end of the season that end up falling and splitting or some other issue. Not to mention the entire plants going to the bin as well. A deep chest freezer is a wormkeeper's best friend. All year long you throw your biodegradable items in there, even paper products and add them to the worm bins as needed. I understand your operation is commercial and you're running CFT style systems. You can coordinate with local restaurants to save scraps for you to use in your bins. Then you would be offsetting that from the dumpster. I just hate to see people buying worm food when there is so much food waste all around us

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for you informative comments, we use all our vegetable table scrapes with the worms.

@connecticutwormsgardens

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainMattsWorms I just watched your video again because the wheatgrass is fascinating to me. A question I have is that since you started feeding the wheatgrass mats, how much less worm chow are they eating? Is the wheatgrass taking over a good percentage of their diet? It certainly seems to be the best possible thing they could be eating 👍

You have the best worm composting videos on KZread, in my opinion. And you have a great helper too 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience Captain Matt.

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kenny! You're welcome!

@oldmanfigs

Жыл бұрын

I have seen them all…and I agree! These are the most informative about 🪱worms 🪱

Thanks for the video, Matt! Lots of good information!

That's amazing, I will start to do this grass pad and feed my worms right now

You are awesome ! I have fond memories of my dad growing red worms in the basement. You are full of knowledge, I love it !!

You’re a real pleasure to learn from Matt

Thanks alot for this video. Actually I watched your first video and was waiting for more.

Excellent information - thank you, friend!!

Thank you for all your knowledge and experience of worm farming. I enjoy you videos so much and all the kind information you just freely share. Can’t wait to hear more stories keep being awesome Captain.

Wonderful content from an excellent teacher. Thanks so much! I'm glad I stumbled upon your videos.

I've been loving your videos. They are great.

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video! So exciting!

You are so energetic!!! Amazing!

Really awesome video greatly appreciate all the information you provide Thank You!!!!

I’m definitely follow this technique. Thank you Captain Matt

I'm so grateful to have found your channel! I started experimenting with feeding my worms different grains to fatten them up and was quite surprised to see my bin full of wheat grass one day! I'm now adding it to all of my bins! I love your system for doing daily grain soaking to prepare the trays! Do you see any difference between making the flats as you do, or just seeding it on top of the worm bin every few days? Also, dandelions are plentiful here right now and they seem to really enjoy the clippings after I mow. Last winter I was able to overwinter red wigglers in my outdoor compost pile in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada! Zone 3!

Thanks for the info. Definitely gonna try this!

Amazing Captain. Using wheatgrass is new to me. Thank you.

Brilliant Idea Capt. Matt wheat sprouts.

You always have great videos with important information!! Thank you!

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Kellie!

Love your video! Thanks for all your valuable information❤

You are so generous with information and I really appreciate it. Thank you!

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Roger!

Wow those worms are eating better than I am!! 😂 Such attention to their health!

Fantastic video! I can tell you really care about your worms 🪱 Very informative 😊

Great video, Thank you for sharing 👍

Excited to see you posting videos, thank you!

@rico99586

2 жыл бұрын

Deep, I sure agree with your comment x a million, but please consider changing your name. DeepAbundance sounds so great, because that is what GOD has provided us with out of HIS love, but your additional word in your name, is offensive to a lot of folks, although I know it is a free (for now)country. Thanks. Let's grow some wheat.

@deepfuckingabundance

2 жыл бұрын

@@rico99586 thanks, I've considered changing it but have concluded that less censorship is best for maintaining our free (for now) countries. peace be with you!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Matt. We really appreciate your mentorship💙

Thank You Sir. It was very very helpful video👏

Another great video captain.ty

Great idea!!! Thank you

you are a great teacher wow

Capt Matt You're the best

Awesome content! Thanks! Will be farming my own worms once I get out of an apartment

@rangerfox532

Жыл бұрын

found myself watching this video again, I'm a few months into my bin. About to start my 2nd.

Great idea to grow the food that the worms get 👍🏻

Diggin it. Thank you sir.

Love the video! Learned alot ! Love The Grass Mats u make to feed them, that's so cool lol

Thanks for your information 👍

Thank you for your videos.

What an eye-opening video. I will wait for the one on building worm bins

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Vusi More details are in the playlist about worm bin construction kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZ18s7mmlaeZZZs.html

Just found your channel love the info was debating starting a worm compost buisness and feeding them some microgreens

I just found you. I have been wanting to grow worms for a few years now. Well, it's time to get at it. I plan on a small set up to start, which should be everyone's plan. I will be watching all your future videos. Thank you for sharing!

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Michael. Glad to be in touch. Be sure to stop over and introduce yourself at discuss.wormpeople.com/space/882054414

I love the way you lovingly take care of the beautiful worms ! You are clearly attuned to this passion and you are awesome !!, thank you.

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Beth! I feel like all my life has been a preparation for this.

@SheilaG971

Жыл бұрын

@@CaptainMattsWorms, it is quite obvious that “you were made for such a time as this!” I felt that same way when I first started with one styrofoam ice chest (I still have it 3 years later:) and a Walmart cup of Red Wigglers! When I saw my 2 precious grandchildren sitting in the floor picking cocoons out and excitedly proclaiming “I found another one”! I knew I had arrived! What an amazing feeling!

All kinds of ways to feed your worms, thanks for all the info.

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, Morris!

This guy is fantastic!

Captain Matt if you have time could you make a video showing how you make your compost you age and use in your bin thanks .

Awesome love your content I just found your channel. Subscribed and looking forward to more videos.

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, we have a list of videos we are going to do, hoping to share whatever we can

Thank you for all the great information sir God bless.

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, John!

Captain Matt should write a book so I can get more info lol

OH yeah, thats the way to go, I have switched to the dry forumla away from kitchen scraps and my worms are loving it or dare I say "eating it up" sorry about the play on words. I use egg layer crumbles, wheat flour, corn meal , and oats. The oats and crumbles are run thru my grinder and and made into a flour. My worms are constantly on top of my worm bin trays eating this chow. On top of that they are starting to produce again.

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear. Thanks for sharing your mixture!

Awesome video

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great presentation. I subscribed and excited to hear more. I look through your information but I didn't find any links for the non-gmo wheat berries you use. Can any wheat seeds work?

Mat , I just got my fist ten pounds of wheatgrass seed. Started two trays to feed next week or so.

Thanks, Matt. Great video. I'm totally intrigued with your wheatgrass idea. I have to try that and see if I can replicate your results. Just hoping my "brown thumb" doesn't get in the way. Thanks again for a very informative and helpful video

@johncolvin2750

2 жыл бұрын

Hello do you just feed the wheat grass only I have 1000 worms how should I go about it

Very great! God bless.

Thanks for all the great info and videos. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I am a little confused on two things about feeding. Firstly, you show a bucket of your chow mix and talk about grinding. Do you grind what's in the bucket so as to appear fine and floury or feed as shown? Secondly, how do you feed the chow and sprouted seed? Together or separately? Sprinkle on to of the grass pad or around?

Thats excellent. ..

Great info, thanks. I would like to start vermicomposting to nourish my plants on the permaculture farm that I am establishing. I will first strive to produce enough for my own needs; and perhaps expand the operation if I see there is a market for it in my area.

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great plan!

Thank you for your videos they are very educational. The wheat grass, when you put it in the beds does it heat it up?

G'day mate , nice vid, was wondering about leaves or leaf mold as a food source? Thanks for sharing!

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Yes... I use composted leaves as bedding.

Yes i yes i bro u are a BOSS much love stay bless my friend

I like how he booted the kid away after tearing the mat.

I didn’t realize those were worms. I’m not a biologist. ;-) ---great video!

Thank you for generously sharing! I’m curious, how do you minimize pests and maggots? It seems the black liner would allow easy access to flies. Right now it’s cooled off and the only pests I have are these oversized fruit fly looking bugs that don’t fly, they just run fast-what are they?

You need some of rancher Greg Judy's all natural Grass Genetic bred, born, raised, finished South Poll cow manure! Check out his natural worm castings in his pastures around the cow patties! Those worm castings are in towers! And the earthworms are huge! But your method is awesome too and I love your channel. And Geg don't sell worms. They improve his soil. 😊

Where do you buy your seeds ?

Interested in where you buy your seeds and how many seeds do you put in that one container with the days' difference? All I can find are very small bags of seeds, would like more. Hoping you have a good source. I have a tough time with a couple thousand worms, couldnt imagine a million.

Matt, do you have a source I can use to get wheat grass seeds?

I am completely fascinated with this. Could you do a video showing exactly what you do to make the mix of other things that you feed..such as the cracked corn? And how you feed it? I am still a little confused by that...do you just pour it in at the same time as the wheat grass? How much do you put in?

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Hey The_Red_Queen... we'll do a Worm Chow video in the near future. Yes, just feed on top.

Where do you get the wheat berry seeds? Would like to try for my worms this winter.

Could you grow the grass on the end of a worm bed and cut it and feed the cuttings and just keep growing and feeding

Ha, what a great system for the feed.

What are those black covers you use on the bins?

Awesome video! So the worms will straight up eat the green grass? I thought it woulda have had to die and decompose THEN they worms will eat it. So its a good idea to give the worms green grass clippings then to eat? Thanks!!

Hey, nice job on explaining everything. Quick question, so I have a bin with holes in the bottom so worms can come in from underneath from the ground. Do you think if I put the Wheatgrass in there it will attract more worms?

The volume of worms you grab is crazy!!!!!

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Hey Greganomix! Oh yeah!

Funny to See you doing it in a comercial way!Last Time i harvested my Microgreens (eapecially nice are Sunflowers and Peas for Salad or Green smoothy) i droped the rootcarped in top of my wormbin and next time it was full of wiggling Worms! Do U experiment with food scraps and Bokashi for feeding your Worms?

That’s great sir, I love that idea and I would love to know more, how can I do that, I already have 10 bins but I just started like 2 months ago.

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Read everything you can about worms if you want to start a business let me know and I will set you up with my mentr

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Read Call Tom at Unco let him know I sent you to him and he will explain his business opportunity. Tom is a honest business man that can get you going in the worm business

Hey, what are those black mats on top of the bins made out of? Plastic?

I wonder how it would work if, after you had your mat all growing and ready to go into the bin, if you put it in green side up and let the worms work from the bottom. Would they crawl up onto the greens or what? Have you tried that? I am just curious about if that would work or not. You could also cut some of the greens off and put them in the edges of the bin around the mat. But I've always been told that you can't put green fresh stuff in the worm bin. So you're proving them wrong already! My eyes focused on the sign on your back bin.......I like it! Thank you for your video.

Captain Matt, I have 2 follow through worm bins just started them, place cardboard on the bottom of them, after 2 months the worms are falling out the bottom, can you give me your thoughts?

Where do you get your wheat in bulk

where do you buy your wheat grass seed from?

When do you augment the Wheat grass with other food?

Is Wheat Berries The Same As Wheat Seeds Matt Thank You 👏👏👏♥️♥️

@CaptainMattsWorms

5 ай бұрын

Same thing!

Where can I get some worm castings?

Good day Matt - I am just wondering if you ever find pot worms in your bins? I have a few and would like your thoughts on critters to watch out for. Which are beneficial - which are some to watch out for?

@cherylkygirl7181

Жыл бұрын

From what I have read, pot worms thrive in a too wet bin. If you can reduce the moisture, you should reduce pot worm population.

Sorry another question. I live in NC and we plant soft wheat around where I live. Apparently there is a hard and soft Wheat grass? Does it matter what one I use? And you say berrys is that the same as seed?

I like Captain Matt, he reminds me of Michael Scott from The Office.

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Shawn, you made my kids laugh.

I have a terrarium with nightcrawlers and isopods in it and I quickly realized that worms are voracious eaters. I thought that they just stayed underground and ate decaying plant and animal matter. But they come up at night and eat EVERYTHING. So to keep them from turning the soil into sludge, I put some rotting straw in there for the worms to chew on. They love it but I added an extra step. I bought some Chia seeds and blanketed the surface with them and sprayed them down. after 3 days, there's already plenty of food for them to eat. But now I keep the light on 24/7 to keep the worms away while I grow the chia out. If I don't, the worms will be on the surface partying and socializing in the chia. I can't use wheat because I want to add as little weight as possible to the terrarium for every feeding.

@CaptainMattsWorms

Жыл бұрын

Great story of experimentation and learning, mrnogood! Thanks for sharing. The worms will teach you!

50 gallon drum worm bin let's go! I never seen it before but I just bought a couple 50 drums for $10 so I cut it up drilled some wholes filled it with compost, wheat straw, and newspaper shreds. Cost me a total of $18. I do think I filled it up too high tho. I'm new to this I didn't do much research and am now realizing the worms only live in the top few inches.

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t beat that price, Marcus… yes - fill gradually.

is there a way to take compost from your community?

Where can I buy wheat grass in South Africa?

You plant the wheatgrass sprouts in "worm bedding". What is the composition of the "worm bedding"?

@CaptainMattsWorms

2 жыл бұрын

We recently did an in-depth video about wheatgrass that should answer your question kzread.info/dash/bejne/qHdmt6Obl9O6hpM.html

Hi Matt found your videos interesting. I was wondering how big of a building we would need to start worming. And also Temperature and humidity

@CaptainMattsWorms

8 ай бұрын

All depends… just need temp control to avoid the extremes - and perhaps a smaller area to optimize temp when breeding. Basements work well - I am fortunate to have a well insulated 2 car garage here in upstate Ny.

Hi, can we use saw dust mixed in the worm chow instead of cardboard to balance the C:N ratio? should we pre-ferment the chow before putting it into the worm bin? some say that these dry foods are concentrates and produce heat and nasty smell which can kill the worms?"

Are you cooking your bean mixtures or grinding them all raw?

At what temperature do you keep them ?

I feed my chickens the same fodder in the winter

Do you just feed your worms the wheat grass now. if so how do I go about it for 1000 worms